Holding exclusive rights to sell Caterpillar machinery in the Philippines, Monark Equipment Corp. seeks to streamline its dealership parts and services operation through new data-management software.
“More restrained” supplies, further easing of restrictions on U.S. exports, and potentially lower grain costs are all expected to contribute to an improved outlook.
Putin said Russia would be able to provide Burkina Faso, Zimbabwe, Mali, Somalia, the Central African Republic and Eritrea with 25,000 to 50,000 tons of free grain.
China announced restrictions on gallium and another mineral, germanium, in a move seen as part of the country’s tit-for-tat trade war on technology with the U.S. and Europe.